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縄

straw rope
Stroke count: 15

Readings

On readingジョウ
Kun readingなわ、ただ.す
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8

Meanings

  1. straw ropeRtK
  2. cord
  1. rope
  2. policeman's rope

Synonyms

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Radicals and components

Radical糸silk纟variant
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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thread (糸) · spiderman · eels · sun (日) · day (日)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1477

Compound words

沖縄おきなわ
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
縄文じょうもん
straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware; Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
縄跳びなわとび
skipping rope; jump rope; skipping; rope-jumping
縄張りなわばり
stretching a rope around; roping off; cordoning off; demarcation; one's turf
〆縄しめなわ
rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil
荷縄になわ
packing cord
荒縄あらなわ
rough straw rope
準縄じゅんじょう
a level and inked string
縄目なわめ
rope marks, binding
緡縄さしなわ
slender rope that goes through the hole in a coin
一筋縄ひとすじなわ
(piece of) rope
沖縄県おきなわけん
Okinawa Prefecture
沖縄戦おきなわせん
Battle of Okinawa
火縄銃ひなわじゅう
matchlock
縄暖簾なわのれん
rope curtain
縄梯子なわばしご
rope ladder
縄飛びなわとび
skipping rope
縄文人じょうもんじん
Jomon people
沖縄蕎麦おきなわそば
Okinawa soba (thick noodles served in a pork soup)
規矩準縄きくじゅんじょう
rules and standards
自縄自縛じじょうじばく
being caught in one's own trap
沖縄大蝙蝠おきなわおおこうもり
Okinawa flying fox (Pteropus loochoensis)
縄文式土器じょうもんしきどき
Jomon period pottery
自縄自縛に陥るじじょうじばくにおちいる
to be caught in one's own trap

Additional Examples

彼は縄で木に縛り付けられた。
He was tied to the tree with a rope.tatoeba
彼は今まで沖縄へ行ったことがない。
He has never been to Okinawa before.tatoeba
彼は沖縄への旅行を延期しました。
He put off his trip to Okinawa.tatoeba
彼は一筋縄ではいかない。
He is hard to deal with.tatoeba

Stroke Order

15 strokes

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